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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Tammie Nelson, project manager of Congress.gov and an Information Technology Specialist at the Library of Congress. Ever since I have been working at the Library of Congress, I have made it a practice to find and photograph the national library when I visit a new country. Judging by many of the Pics of …
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post
Posted by: Andrew Weber
This week’s interview is with Jennifer Gonzalez, a digital library technician in the Law Library’s new Digital Resources Division. Jennifer is helping to review our content and serves as a web editor. Describe your background I am a Floridian, born and raised in Saint Petersburg, Florida with my two younger sisters. My family still lives in Florida, …
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Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Tammie Nelson, project manager of Congress.gov and an Information Technology Specialist at the Library of Congress. It is cross posted on Teaching with the Library of Congress. As part of my job, I read all of the comments that come to the Library about our online legislative information. My favorite comment is this …
Posted in: Congress, Guest Post
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Rob Sukol, Deputy Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives. Since 1927, the United States Code has been the official codification of Federal statutory law. The Code contains the general and permanent laws of the United States, organized into titles based on subject matter. The printed and online …
Posted in: Congress, Gov 2.0, Guest Post
Posted by: Andrew Weber
In addition to adding the Constitution Annotated (and app) to Congress.gov and prepping for redirecting THOMAS.gov and THOMAS.loc.gov to the new system, we are launching a new set of enhancements today. Several of the changes in this release come from our user feedback. Many people asked to have the current Congress set as the default …
Posted by: Andrew Weber
We are hard at work preparing for the day that THOMAS will be retired and Congress.gov will be the system for everyone. We are really proud of Congress.gov. So proud that starting in November, when someone types in the URL THOMAS.gov they will be redirected to Congress.gov. THOMAS.gov will remain accessible from the Congress.gov homepage …
Posted by: Andrew Weber
The following is a guest post by Kenneth R. Thomas, Legislative Attorney, Congressional Research Service. The “Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation” (popularly known as the Constitution Annotated or “CONAN”), contains an analysis of virtually all Supreme Court case law relevant to interpreting the Constitution. The Centennial Edition of this Senate Document is …
Posted in: Congress, Guest Post
Posted by: Andrew Weber
One of the wonderful features of Congress.gov is its responsive design. If you are like I was and have no idea what that means check out Mashable’s article, “Why 2013 Is the Year of Responsive Web Design.” (Congress.gov launched back in 2012; we are a little ahead of the curve.) I’ve mentioned before that: I also love …
Posted by: Andrew Weber
I love the dome of the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. During a recent walk, I noticed the sky completely blue except for one cloud just above the flame atop the dome. Whether you call it the Flame of Knowledge, Torch of Knowledge, or Torch of Learning, it looks brilliant sitting at the pinnacle of …
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